She’ll be more like me than you. September 4, 2017 How animal genes go into battle to dominate their offspring Constantino de Jesús Macías García, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and MIchael Ritchie, University of St Andrews Parents’ DNA try to manipulate one another in a bid to shape junior in their mould.
The blue-ringed octopus is just one of many venomous creatures found in Australian waters. Amber Hansen January 12, 2016 Don’t go in the water: a world of pain awaits in Australia’s deep blue seas Lisa-ann Gershwin, CSIRO From stingers to swans, Australia’s oceans are full of (potentially) deadly wildlife.
One of four koalas on loan to Singapore Zoo, where they were unveiled to the public on Wednesday May 20. Qantas Airways May 20, 2015 Koalas, platypuses and pandas and the power of soft diplomacy Kevin Markwell, Southern Cross University and Nancy Cushing, University of Newcastle Four female koalas have just made their debut in front of an adoring public at Singapore Zoo – the latest in a long line of animals used for diplomatic purposes, going back to Winston the platypus.
November 18, 2013 How the echidna lost its venom University of Sydney Physiological, molecular and fossil evidence suggests that ancestors of both platypuses and echidnas were venomous. Male…